Finally had time at work to read this report. My iPad is a fried-pad and I've been keeping tabs on the forum via my phone or on my work PC.
Wonderful story of the Texas heat. I remember days last summer when it was blazing hot, hard to concentrate, dehydrated, searching for shade. Ahh..those were the days.
Your report brought some warmth into my cold winter day and made me fantasize once again about motorcycling in foreign, and beautiful lands. Thanks!